(1) A limited liability company administratively dissolved under RCW 25.15.285 may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement within five years after the effective date of dissolution. The application must:

     (a) Recite the name of the limited liability company and the effective date of its administrative dissolution;

     (b) State that the ground or grounds for dissolution either did not exist or have been eliminated; and

     (c) State that the limited liability company's name satisfies the requirements of RCW 25.15.010.

     (2) If the secretary of state determines that the application contains the information required by subsection (1) of this section and that the name is available, the secretary of state shall reinstate the limited liability company and give the limited liability company written notice, as provided in RCW 25.15.285(1), of the reinstatement that recites the effective date of reinstatement. If the name is not available, the limited liability company must file with its application for reinstatement an amendment to its certificate of formation reflecting a change of name.

     (3) When the reinstatement is effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the administrative dissolution and the limited liability company may resume carrying on its business as if the administrative dissolution had never occurred.

     (4) If an application for reinstatement is not made within the five-year period set forth in subsection (1) of this section, or if the application made within this period is not granted, the limited liability company's certificate of formation is deemed canceled.

[2009 c 437 § 2; 1994 c 211 § 805.]